Hello,

> After spending all that time compiling my kernel, the SE/30 just
> freezes after the "So I sez to him..." quote. I am attaching my kernel
> config and dmesg. Any ideas what could be wrong? I would experiment and
> try more things but it takes so long to compile I figured I would ask
> here first.


> # Diagnostic/debugging support options
> #options 	DIAGNOSTIC	# cheap kernel consistency checks
> #options 	DEBUG		# expensive debugging checks/support
> options 	KMEMSTATS	# kernel memory statistics (vmstat -m)
> #options 	DDB			# in-kernel debugger
> #options 	DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=100	# enable history editing in DDB

Yes; the booter will not boot a kernel if the debugger is not compiled in.
This is a known bug, and there are already a couple of PRs (14744 and
11267).

Even though it takes up memory, you'll have to put the debugger back...

John Klos
Sixgirls Computing Labs